Hints of new 'Castle' codenamed iCloud service found in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
After Apple released a third build of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview 2 on Friday, Consomac.fr (via Google Translate) discovered references to a service codenamed "Castle" in a new Find My Mac feature.
"Castle" most likely refers to the iCloud service that Apple has been developing. Reliable sources told AppleInsider earlier this week that the Cupertino, Calif., company has been using the service internally and plans to use it for more than just streaming music.
Last week, a report cited sources claiming that the Swedish company Xcerion had sold Apple the iCloud.com domain for $4.5 million. The iCloud moniker was later independently confirmed by John Paczkowski of Digital Daily, though he was unable to confirm the selling price.
Apple has reportedly completed work on a music streaming service that would allow users to store music on a remote server and access them from Internet-connected devices.
Apple confirmed earlier this year that a 500,000 square-foot data center set to go online this spring will support iTunes and MobileMe services. Given that the $1 billion facility is five times larger than the the company's current data center in Newark, Calif., Apple appears to be planning a big push into cloud computing.
In February, reports emerged that Apple is planning a significant revamp of its MobileMe service that would build out its cloud-based features, including a 'locker' for personal memorabilia such as photos, music and videos.
For in-depth information on new features in Mac OS X Lion, see AppleInsider's ongoing series: Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Recent features include:
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So now they're buidling castles in the sky...
To Castle is a stock move in chess as well where you consolidate and protect your King's position using a Castle/Rook piece by switching the position of the two pieces relative to each other in a single move, maybe using iCloud is to consolidate and protect your stuff by switching its position.
To Castle is a stock move in chess as well where you consolidate and protect your King's position, maybe using iCloud is to consolidate and protect your stuff.
If we?re going through the looking glass then I say it?s a hidden message that the King and Rook (rhymes with Cook) will be switching places on the board.
So now they're buidling castles in the sky...
Those hippies are building white castles in the sky:
I seriously think they are letting their kids name these things. First Mission Control, now Castles. If an iPony comes along at any time, we'll know for sure.
Castle seems like an odd codename to pick for a cloud service but I guess they don't want to let any clues out about what it is.
If we’re going through the looking glass then I say it’s a hidden message that the King and Rook (rhymes with Cook) will be switching places on the board.
No way Tim's a Rook - he's second in command, but switching the king and queen is an illegal move in chess. He'd have to switch with Scott or Randy.
Those hippies are building white castles in the sky:
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I seriously think they are letting their kids name these things. First Mission Control, now Castles. If an iPony comes along at any time, we'll know for sure.
Castle seems like an odd codename to pick for a cloud service but I guess they don't want to let any clues out about what it is.
We already do the iPony-up-money-when-Apple-releases-a-new product. Might as well call it iPony for short.
I think it’s an apropos codename. If the data center is in the cloud that would surely be a castle or some other awe inspiring structure from Apple’s PoV.
PS: Thanks to Dunks fore removing that 600KB image.